Sometimes life in a small coastal village is very predictable, other times it is anything but. Best friends and more, Mia and Charlie own Silk Whispers and lead "normal" lives, until one evening a dead body is found outside their boutique. Investigating officers Livie and Ryder arrive and with the first look—the first touch—sparks begin to fly. Can love develop from such an inauspicious beginning?

"Immunity" tells the story of a nameless woman who's secretly fallen in love with her goofy, brilliant, childhood best friend Lenore. When our hero finds out that Lenore is leaving the country, she struggles to come to terms with her feelings, and with her self.

Customer service sucks on a good day and even a hot, butch dyke only improves Jewel's day so far when the woman is more interested in yelling than flirting. When the woman returns the next day, Jewel attempts to score a date, but in the process winds up fired. Jewel is pretty sure that life could be worse than balancing dating and job-hunting. She's absolutely certain she doesn't want to know how.

Holy water and sunlight don’t scare Robin, but the mere thought of going to the dentist sets her fangs on edge. Good thing vampire teeth are indestructible…or so she thinks—until a night of passion with her girlfriend, Alana, has unexpected consequences.

Miami. 1974. A hustler is murdered and suspicion falls on some of his transvestite friends. Xande and Yolande need to find the real killer before an innocent man (or woman) is brought to trial. But to do that, Yolanda has to make a personal sacrifice--go on a date with Lieutenant J.C. Montana.
This is the fourth story in the saga involving XYZ Investigations--Xande, Yolande, and Zoe Calhoun.

A close working relationship turns into a passionate affair for Linda and Robin, but they never counted on falling in love, since they’re both married.
While Linda struggles with her husband's attempts to save their marriage, Robin feels guilty because her wife is dying of cancer. A night away together deepens their connection, but can love grow out of the ashes of shattered lives?

Slightly sweet, just a little bitter—Kogepen-ya's first year of five 'Girl's Love' yuri short stories by Yuuki Haru, all collected in a single ebook. Enjoy bittersweet first love in 'Blue First Kiss', an autumn day in the life of a liar and the girl she works with in 'nostalgia fragrance', and three other stories.

Having never been a recreational reader, Jane Miller is not sure what to think as strange events from the book she’s reading begin to mirror into her everyday life in odd ways. She’s been told to report any unusual ‘side effects’ she experiences while in the drug study, but is ‘book deja-vu’ a side effect, or is it something that’s totally normal when your really into a good book?

Hardened by the ring, Leilana Ito is a rookie wrestler no longer as she nears her goal: winning freedom from the Von Richters, mistresses of the wrestling world. The storm is fiercest before the calm and Leilana's most dangerous challenges lie ahead. Joined by fellow wrestler and newfound love, Dana Harding, and a motley band of allies, Leilana fights on to complete the Twelfth Labor!

Kelly—a cynical art student trying to leave her New Zealand bogan background behind—goes on a road trip to a metal music festival. In the car she meets and falls for Gisi, a girl with endless optimism and endless good qualities. Kelly knows that Gisi could be the one to give her true happiness—if only Kelly can keep her cynicism in check, and give Gisi a chance to fall for her too.

In a busy downtown train station, a troubled woman leaves her morning train to walk to her job.
Hunting her from the shadows is a legendary but currently fuming and frustrated hitman, who is running late for the shot of his target’s life…
A racing and riotous short story about love, death and the unexpected. Ca 2,990 words

XYZ takes on a murder case involving the husband of a hippie restaurant owner. The dead man turns out to be George McDowell, a popular Florida mystery writer who often hosted meetings of Miami's only Cryptogram Club. The only clues are two mysterious and bloody scraps of paper found on the scene, but of course Xande's most important clues are always locked up somewhere under her blonde dreadlocks.

Pidge is a mercenary: uncouth, poor, far from the type of woman the royal court would deem appropriate company for Princess Trina, her childhood friend and lover. Life is easier on the road and in run-down towns where nobody cares about anything but how well she wields her sword and if she can pay for her drinks. But then she learns that Trina has been trapped in an unwanted engagement...

High school would be a lot easier to deal with if Sunny Wong did not have to balance schoolwork with superhero shenanigans. But superhero she is, gifted the powers of Chinese folk hero Monkey, and when zombies start appearing it's up to her and her sidekick, Delia, to figure out who's responsible for raising the dead and why...

Sick of playing "roommate" for the sake of her girlfriend's religious, tight-knit family, Audra issues an ultimatum: Tell your family, or I move out. After all, Audra's family supports her and loves Ciara as a second daughter. Why would Ciara's family be any different? Audra's tired of hiding the reality of their lives. She puts Ciara first, so why can't Ciara do the same?

Haunted by a past lover and left with scars so deep Libby gave up her life as an explorer, she spends her days trying to avoid bad memories by training ruthlessly with Helen, the woman she hired to teach her self-defense. Helen is beautiful, appealing, and could be what Libby needs to climb out of her past once and for all.
Until the past returns and threatens to destroy Libby...

One year ago Darcy's lover, Gail, died in a mysterious accident at a seaside cottage. When Darcy learns that she has only three months to live, she decides it's time to return to the cottage, both to ready it for sale and to prepare for her own end.
Instead, she finds herself attempting to discover what really happened to Gail. Assisting her in the quest is Livia, a mysterious...

Determined to escape an arranged marriage, and with very few options available, Danna brings a curse down on herself and settles into life in an enchanted tower. The very last thing she needs or wants is to be rescued, no matter how beautiful or compelling her unexpected rescuer is.